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From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@kernel.org>
To: "Ian Abbott" <abbotti@mev.co.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Niklas Schnelle" <schnelle@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] comedi: ni_mio_common: Conditionally use I/O port or MMIO
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:01:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83c58cdc-b96a-40c3-bed1-767e9e832893@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <79be8582-2395-42c7-92ae-29d9e4c4c33b@mev.co.uk>

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 17:45, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 13/09/2023 13:17, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 13:20, Ian Abbott wrote:
>>>
>>> The changes make it possible to build the ni_pcimio module even if the
>>> port I/O functions have not been declared.  (The ni_atmio and ni_mio_cs
>>> modules do still require the port I/O functions to be declared.)
>> 
>> I think this all works, but there is probably a simpler way to
>> achieve the same:
>>   
>>> +#ifdef PCIDMA
>>> +
>>>   static void ni_writel(struct comedi_device *dev, unsigned int data, int reg)
>>>   {
>>> -	if (dev->mmio)
>>> -		writel(data, dev->mmio + reg);
>>> -	else
>>> -		outl(data, dev->iobase + reg);
>>> +	writel(data, dev->mmio + reg);
>>>   }
>>>
>>>
>>> +#else /* PCIDMA */
>>> +
>>> +static void ni_writel(struct comedi_device *dev, unsigned int data, int reg)
>>> +{
>>> +	outl(data, dev->iobase + reg);
>>> +}
>> 
>> We already have an abstraction for this using iowrite32(),
>> which turns into either writel() or outl() depending on the
>> argument, so you could just use pci_iomap() or ioport_map()
>> to turn port numbers into tokens suitable for the common
>> helper.
>
> It would affect three modules, and there are similar changes that could 
> be made to other modules, so I think I'll put that suggestion on hold 
> for now.  I'd also like to get rid of the '#include "ni_mio_common.c"' 
> nonsense at some point, but that's a big job!

Sure, that's fine, I just thought I'd mention it in case you
were looking for a nicer implementation. I wouldn't have done
the current series to start with since there is not a huge amount
of value in running these drivers on obscure architectures
without HAS_IOPORT, but your changes are otherwise completely
sensible.

  Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2023-09-13 18:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-13 11:20 [PATCH 00/13] comedi: Re-do HAS_IOPORT dependencies Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 01/13] comedi: Correct dependencies for COMEDI_NI_PCIDIO Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 02/13] comedi: comedi_8254: Use a call-back function for register access Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 03/13] comedi: comedi_8254: Replace comedi_8254_init() and comedi_8254_mm_init() Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 04/13] comedi: comedi_8254: Conditionally remove I/O port support Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 05/13] comedi: 8255_pci: Conditionally remove devices that use port I/O Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 12:03   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-09-13 15:04     ` Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 06/13] comedi: comedi_8255: Rework subdevice initialization functions Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 07/13] comedi: comedi_8255: Conditionally remove I/O port support Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 08/13] comedi: ni_labpc_common: " Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 09/13] comedi: ni_mio_common: Conditionally use I/O port or MMIO Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 12:17   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-09-13 15:45     ` Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 18:01       ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 10/13] comedi: amplc_dio200_pci: Conditionally remove devices that use port I/O Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 11/13] comedi: amplc_dio200_common: Refactor register access functions Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 12/13] comedi: amplc_dio200_common: Conditionally remove I/O port support Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:20 ` [PATCH 13/13] comedi: add HAS_IOPORT dependencies again Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:26 ` [PATCH 00/13] comedi: Re-do HAS_IOPORT dependencies Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:32 Ian Abbott
2023-09-13 11:32 ` [PATCH 09/13] comedi: ni_mio_common: Conditionally use I/O port or MMIO Ian Abbott

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